Lucy (2014)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Did you people see the same film I saw?

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

"Lucy" is more wish fulfillment fantasy than anything else. Wouldn't be great if we all had God-like powers locked away in our brains just waiting to be released (kind of a metaphysical version of a letter from Hogworts). Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) experiences this cognitive renaissance when she is forced to mule an experimental drug hidden in her abdomen by a vicious Taiwanese drug-lord. The drug, a synthetic prenatal hormone, allows her to vault past human (and physical) limitations and archive 'The Highest Possible Level of Development'. She eventually meets up with Professor Norman (Morgan Freeman) a pseudo-scientist and expert on the quiescent 90% of our brain while an army of the nattily dressed gangsters search for her. A massive gunfight (borrowing heavily from The Matrix) accompanies a trippy extra-corporal experience (borrowing heavily from the 2001: A Space Odyssey). Energetic and entertaining, "Lucy" is best enjoyed using only the right-side 5% of your mental capacity, but if you have read some of the many fawning reviews on IMDB and expect to achieve enlightenment, I suspect that you will be disappointed.

Violent and unpleasant movie built around two truly stupid ideas : a) the idea that normal humans use but a tiny part of their brain and b) the idea that one can become really, really, really intelligent by taking designer drugs. In fact, taking designer drugs won't simply make you smart : you will be able to levitate, fly, build revolutionary computers, travel through time and space, read minds, render yourself invisible ! It's very reminiscent of the old joke about the little boy asking for tampons as a birthday gift, because with tampons you can do everything you would like to do - go swimming, play tennis, climb mountains, and so on.A small question : have you ever heard of "endocrine disruptors", chemical substances disrupting the hormone system of both animals and humans ? Such disruptors are, or can be, present in all kind of household products and plastics, such as cosmetics, food containers (think meals to be heated or reheated in the microwave), baby toys, packaging, and so on. Studies have linked the presence of such endocrine disruptors to serious threats to human health, including a diminished intelligence in descendants. Even if only part of these fears turn out to be true, then we're facing a health crisis of stupendous scope and gravity, for which thousands and thousands of innocents will be paying the price. And while we're at it : a general lowering of the IQ is precisely the thing that causes the collapse of a civilization. As a result we're talking about an existential threat.Now here's the strange thing : if you go to a major studio and say something like : "I dream of making a big budget blockbuster, with stunning stars, about the link between environmental pollution and human health and about the danger to our children's intelligence" there is every chance of being laughed out of the office. In fact, there is every chance of you being escorted from the premises by security guards. And yet there is money and interest to be found for random nonsense such as "Lucy". Upon reflexion, perhaps this DOES prove that homo sapiens only uses part of his brain...

I had no expectations before watching this. Okay, I saw Johansson and Freeman played in it, so I thought it had to be decent. Suspicions started to boil during the sluggish first dialogue and the following crude montage of nature clips. From then on I knew this was popcorn. Despite it's ridiculous premise and pretentiousness i was still entertained somewhat. The movie quickly goes so overboard that you can't but laugh at all the fast-paced madness that unfolds. If it hadn't taken itself so serious it might have worked. Now it's just a failed attempt at making a good philosophical sci-fi action flick. It was so bad that me and my girflriend repeatedly asked each other what the hell this movie was trying to be. Laughable and forgettable.

Oh, God?Oh, God!Ooohhh, God...Oh, GOD!OOHHH, GOOD GOD!!!!!!